Fairhaven Primary School Newsletter
Number 2
19th September 2014
www.southwalshamfairhaven.norfolk.sch.uk
Dates for your Diary
Tues 23rd AM Yr 6’s to Cantley re cluster
writing project.
Gardening Club
Fri 26th
3.15pm Brownies Cake Sale
Sat 27th
MacMillan Coffee Morning
S Walsham Village Hall
Tues 30th Reading Café
October
Tues 7th Friends AGM
Fri 10th
Gardening Club
Tues 14th Reading Cafe
Acle Area Cross Country Race
Fri 17th
at Fairhaven Primary
Mon 20th 3.30pm – 7pm Parents Evening
Tues 21st 10.30am Harvest Festival @
South Walsham Church
3.15pm Friends Cake Sale
(Chestnut Class)
Wed 22nd 3.30 – 5.30pm Parents Evening
School Closed Thurs 23rd – Fri 31st Half
Term
November
Tues 25th School Photographer here
December
Fri 5th
2.30pm Christmas Fayre
Thur 11th 5.30pm Meeting of Full
Governing Body
Tues 16th 10.30am Nativity
Wed 17th Secret Room
Fri 19th
Last day of the Autumn Term
January
Tues 5th Children return to school
Food Bank Collection
This term we will be supporting
the Gt Yarmouth food bank
once again. There is a
collection point in the
entrance lobby. If you
could buy an extra tin or packet each
week when shopping we can help those
in need.
MacMillan Coffee Morning
You will have seen the boxes Mr Branch
has been leaving outside, these are for
the MacMillan Coffee Morning bottle
tombola stall the School Council will be
running. Please leave any donations in
the appropriate box for your child’s
class. Please remember the stall will be
run by children so alcohol is not
appropriate.
Request from Pre School
We were shocked to hear from Pre
School that children from Fairhaven
have been urinating in the bushes
outside the village hall. Please do not
let your children do this, it is a
hygiene issue for Pre School and all
other users and to be honest, it is
unacceptable.
A big thank you to
Mr Muff - Our small school was faced with
an unusual problem when 34 African drums
were delivered at the beginning of term.
Beech class will learn to play these during
the year which will be lots of fun. However,
the drums took up as much space as a class
of children and although they could be
stacked (the drums not the children) we
didn’t have anywhere to put them. Mr Muff
came to the rescue and with help from Mr
Branch and Mr Burton he liberated an
obsolete shed from Lingwood School and
brought it back to Fairhaven. Mr Muff then
spent Saturday reconstructing the shed
which is now fully in use. Thank you Mr
Muff.
Car Park
Please could you take care around the
cars in the car park, particularly when
your children are opening car doors,
making sure they do not bang into the
other cars causing damage.
Good Work Awards go to
Sycamore Class
Reuben for his good storytelling using
pictures from an Anthony Browne book.
Autumn for excellent addition sentences.
Evelyn for good focus and trying really hard
in all activities. Ellie for her great
independent writing. Reece for doing some
fantastic number work. Ryan for good
concentration when portrait drawing.
Chestnut Class
Toby for an excellent piece of independent
writing at the beginning of the term. Evie for
listening well and working hard in all our
lessons. Charlie for being enthusiastic
during topic lessons on the human skeleton.
Zack for answering lots of mental maths
questions on the carpet and working hard on
his independent work. Ella for writing a
super poem about her big brother Jack.
Beech Class
Jake for his poetry type sentences in
literacy. Gracie for settling into class and
becoming a regular contributor. Edward for
continuing to show real confidence in
numeracy. Joel for showing a really positive
attitude to his school life. Louis for showing
great empathy towards the penguins in
Anthony Browne’s Zoo. Lillibelle for
producing a super drawing of herself
containing animal attributes linked to the
poems written last week.
Oak Class
Evie for a very positive start to the year.
Jaime for detailed writing about Rose, a
character in an Anthony Browne story, The
Tunnel. Ava for a fantastic start to the year
and an excellent attitude in all areas of
school life. Eloise for showing great
observational skills during our work on
Anthony Browne books. Flo for using her
imagination very well. Jack for showing a
very positive attitude to class life and
working very carefully.
New After School Club
Mrs Masters & Mrs Cooper will be restarting
art club on Wednesday. This club will be
for children in Years 2 to 6 and will run until
4.30pm. Their first project will be to design
and make a new welcome board for our
entrance. If your child would like to join art
club please return the slip at the end of the
newsletter.
Nature Club
At Wednesday’s Nature Club we had a very
special visitor in the form of Jester the
Bengal Eagle Owl. The owner, Debbie
Hagan, kindly brought him in and we spent a
very happy hour together captivated by his
beauty and huge eyes! The children asked
lots of excellent questions and we all
learned a great deal and are now wise as
well as the owl! Jester is 7 years old but
may live to be 30! Some of the children had
the chance to have Jester on their gloved
hand. We were amazed at how big his wing
span is probably around 1metre. We were
thrilled to meet Jester and hope that he will
visit us again soon. Thank you very much
Mrs Hagan for bringing in Jester and for her
time and patience.
Ferrel Circus
We went to The Ferrel Circus on
Thursday evening and we were both in
it. It was very exciting because it was
held in a big top. On Tuesday Beech
and Oak classes went to a circus
workshop and we learnt to spin plates,
use a diablo and do lots of other things.
As a result we were able to take part in
the performance when our parents took
us. We had to spin socks with balls in
them and juggle with cloths. Things went
a bit wrong when George’s pom pom fell
apart. There was a knife thrower but we
didn’t take part in that. It was lots of fun
and we liked the clown who spurted
water at us.
Wyatt and George
A trip to the circus
On 16th September, Oak and Beech
classes went on a mind blowing circus
trip. We had a great time and came
back with smiles on our faces.
We couldn’t wait to jump off the bus and
warm up our skills. As our classes
turned the corner we were in for a big
surprise. Ahead of us we saw a giant
circus tent. We tried different skills like
the diablo, juggling with silky scarves
and the poye – they were very
enjoyable.
Also, we watched a funny clown get our
friends soaked head to toe it was
excellent with all the entertainment, but
the day came to an end quicker than we
imagined. As each and everyone of us
sadly walked onto the bus but excited
that we could practise our new found
skills back at home and school.
Eloise and Ava
Friends of Fairhaven
Look out for news of upcoming events
that the Friends are arranging
.including Crumble in School and the
AGM on Tuesday 7th October.
PE and Games (Safety)
Please make sure that if your child has
long hair they have a hair tie in school to
tie their hair back during PE and games
lessons. Thank you
Jeans for Genes
We will be sending a cheque for £107
to the charity following our Jeans for
Genes Day. Thank you for your
donations.
Happy Birthday to
Summer T 11 on 19th
September
Megan 9 on 24th
Macy 6 on 26th
Gracie 8on 30th
Reece 5 on 30th
Amelia 8 on 2nd October
Church News
A very warm welcome back to the Autumn
term from your village Church, with a special
welcome to families who have joined the
school recently. We have several events
planned especially for children and families.
This Sunday, 21st September, we celebrate
Harvest in South Walsham with our Sunday
Plus activity morning. You are invited to St
Lawrences between 10 and 12 where we
will enjoy activities games and crafts in
preparation for the Harvest Festival at
11am. Later on Sunday, Upton Church will
hold its Harvest Festival at 6.30pm
On 28th September members of the St.
Edmunds Youth Orchestra will help lead our
Harvest Festival in Ranworth at 9.30 am
The next Sunday Plus is our Peace Tea in
November, further details to follow.
Later in the term we will be offering a weekly
bible club in school. The Church also offers
midweek groups for prayer and study and
you are of course welcome to our weekly
Sunday Services- all details are in the
Broadsider or by contacting us.
Parents of Year 6 children should have
received a letter from Norfolk County
Council concerning their child’s transfer to
high school next year. Applications need to
be made no later than 31st October
If you have (or know anyone who has) a
child born between 1/9/2010 and 31/8/2011
they will be due to start school in
September 2014. Applications should
be made between 30th September and
15th January.
Nick and I are happy to support you in any
way we can if you would like a visit or know
someone who is unwell please let us know,
we would also be delighted to help you plan
baptisms, weddings or any other
commemorations or celebrations.
For more information or to make your
application online go to
https://www.admissionsonline.norfolk.go
v.uk/Enrol
With our best wishes
Morrison’s Lets Grow Vouchers
Nick and Helen Garrard 01603 270769 or
[email protected]
We are collecting these once again;
there is a collection box in the entrance
lobby. Ask friends & family
if they can collect for us
too.
Attendance this week
Chestnut Class
Sycamore Class
Beech Class
Oak Class
99.2%
95.75%
94.7%
89.3%
School Uniform
We have 3 32” Classic sweatshirts for
available in school at £9.25 if anyone is
thinking of ordering new ones.
Name NNNNNNNNNNNN.. (Yrs 2 – 6 )
Would like to join Art Club on Wednesday afternoons.
(Please ask your child to hand to their class teacher)
Signed
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School
Admissions